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79A Corner Of A Forgotten Field
On the 8th September 1916, my great-uncle died from wounds suffered during the Battle of the Somme. Second Lieutenant Henry Byron, 1st/5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, was twenty-two. His brother – my grandfather –enlisted at the age of...
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75World War 1: Letter from Ypres
Ypres was a brutal battle in the First World War that led to the deaths of thousands of allied soldiers that resulted in the capture of only a few miles of territory. Ypres was also the first modern battle in which chemical warfare was used.
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70Australia's Involvement in World War I
World War 1 What does a document study of this soldier reveal about Australia’s involvement in the First World War? Australia’s involvement in World War I (WWI) was significant and paramount to the...
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71Visiting the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium: poignant remembrance of World War One sacrifice in Flanders
This stately structure in Ypres (Dutch: Ieper ), Belgium, which is sometimes known as the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, has been the venue for a moving musical ceremony for many decades, in commemoration of the war dead of the British Empire...
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73Canada in the First World War - Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele was the final phase of the Third Battle of Ypres. Originally conceived in 1915 by General Haig, it was not until June of 1917 that Field Marshal Haig had the opportunity to finally launch his offensive. This was a...
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66World One War: 'Vampire' Bunker
Slaughter at Passchendaele 1917 Passchendaele 'Flanders Mud' Royal Engineers in 1914 Constructing the Bunker Medical Bunker In 1917 a world of Sub-terrain labyrinths were created in Flanders in order to escape the carnage of the First World War. ...
2 comments69Canada in the First World War - Hill 70
In June of 1917 Sir Arthur Currie was made a Lieutenant General and promoted to command the Canadian Corps. The promotion caused a fuss in Canadian political circles as the Canadian Cabinet had not been consulted and the post had been promised to...
1 comment65Canada in the First World War - Ypres
Ypres was the largest city (population 16,000) in Belgium not captured by the Germans in 1914. It was the site of 4 major battles of World War One. The first battle was in October of 1914, part of the so-called “Race to the Sea”. The second...
0 comments70Canada in the First World War
When Britain declared war on Germany in August of 1914 Canada was automatically at war as well. Canada was as well prepared for war as any part of the British Empire, which means not very well at all....
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74SCOURGE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
SCOURGE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ‘Papa’ Hemmingway had once observed “They wrote in the old days that it is sweet to die for one’s own country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet or fitting in your...
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